Going upstairs while regimental

[mattexian]

you never know, you may make that lady's day!

I dunno, I don't think my rump's *that* good looking!
And I was more worried about the front blowing up (and I really don't want to show anybody but my wife THAT!) :rolleyes:

Matt in Texas

[GreenMan]

Sorry for chiming in a bit late on this one, but from my own experience on climbing stairs kilted:
The wife and I went to "Dickens on the Strand" in Galveston last year. we had to ride the ferry to get to the island, and during the ride I need to visit the restroom, which is on the upper deck on the ferry. The only stairs are fore and aft and verry open on both sides, not to mention it's very gusty on the water. I walk up the stairs, and the gusts blow my UK up in front AND back! I needed both hands, one in front, one in back to keep the kilt down, to avoid giving the poor lady behind me a show, and I prayed that the boat didn't pitch while climbing the stairs without using the handrails. After using the facilities, I had to employ the same "one in front, one in back" hand coverage to descend, and I think next time, I'll bring an army surplus bedpan or wide-mouthed bottle!

Matt in Texas

Yeah, thats what I'm afraid of too. I haven't been back to Galveston, or Texas for that matter, since I've gotten my UK. The ferry and walking along the Seawall, are my worst fears down there with a kilt on. All it would take is a sudden and frequent gust of wind coming up the seawall to catch me.

[mattexian]

It wasn't *that* bad once we were in Galveston... ok, it was pretty gusty walking along the Strand, but no danger of Marilyn-Monroe-esque updrafts. MY wife was sticking pretty close to me, tho, with a hand ready to keep down any wayward pleats. (She's still not a big fan of my UK, says it looks like just a black skirt with cargo pockets. I'm planning on getting a Stillwater Nightstalker kilt next, for a more "traditional" style.)

Matt in Texas

[pbpersson]

It will be very difficult for anyone to see anything beyond the mid to upper thigh, going up the stairs, or else women wouldn't climb stairs either!

In high school I used to have a hobby of admiring girl's underwear when they were going up the stairs - and they don't have body parts that hang down.

Just some food for thought...

[Iolaus]

In high school I used to have a hobby of admiring girl's underwear when they were going up the stairs - and they don't have body parts that hang down.

Just some food for thought...

Yes, but women's skirts tend to be much higher. (thank god )

[David Dalglish]

My wife would say " the sights you see when you havent got a gun"

[Magnus Sporrano]

Honestly, when I first started wearing the kilt, I was very American about the whole thing (meaning I was very self-conscious about any sort of exposure).

I had a particularly harrowing experience at work when I was carrying some computer equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars from the door to a truck across the small parking lot between buildings. It was a gusty day and sure enough I felt the pleats lift straight up my back. The front of the kilt came up some but between the load in my arms and my sporran I think (???) that I wasn't frontally exposed. But I just stood there, with this massive expensive load in my arms that I couldn't just drop, my kilt lifted high behind me flapping in the wind, and my co-workers behind me HOWLING with laughter.

A couple of things could have come of that. I could have put the kilt away forever and gone back to pants. Instead I thought a little about it, and what I'm showing off is a lot less impressive than what people see on the internet every day, often inadvertently, and other than curiosity about what is under the kilt I don't think anyone cares to see the two lumps of hairy mashed potatoes that I call a buttocks. And since the Tommy Lee / Pam Anderson honeymoon video has been seen by over half the world's population by now, I don't think I'm going to leave any lasting memory in anyone's mind. I may cause a momentary bit of titillation or amusement in some people but then it's over and forgotten about quickly. Life goes on.

Americans are not just prudish, but culturally we have a very short memory span. Our presidents do things regularly that should require impeachment hearings (presidents from both ends of the political spectrum and everywhere in between) and after a month or so goes by, we forget.

So I just don't care anymore if someone happens to be standing at just the right angle when I'm going up stairs, or if the wind blows and exposes my bottom. If someone gets aroused or excited by that, they have strange taste but I'm glad to make someone's day a little better. If someone is offended by an inadvertent flash, maybe I'm just a little happy to push their boundaries a little and challenge them to stop being so Victorian.

[Barclay]

So I just don't care anymore if someone happens to be standing at just the right angle when I'm going up stairs, or if the wind blows and exposes my bottom. If someone gets aroused or excited by that, they have strange taste but I'm glad to make someone's day a little better. If someone is offended by an inadvertent flash, maybe I'm just a little happy to push their boundaries a little and challenge them to stop being so Victorian.

Well said.

And besides, the human body looks, aside from minor variations, pretty much the same - if you see anything you've never seen before, by God, shoot it!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

... if you see anything you've never seen before, by God, shoot it! ...

Well, that might be a little extreme!

[pbpersson]

But I just stood there, with this massive expensive load in my arms that I couldn't just drop, my kilt lifted high behind me flapping in the wind, and my co-workers behind me HOWLING with laughter.

If someone gets aroused or excited by that, they have strange taste but I'm glad to make someone's day a little better.

I don't know if I could survive that sort of experience. I'm reading these posts and I think regimental sounds like a lot of fun, but if the kilt flies up in the air when you're around children, the parents might not be happy. I just don't know.

Underwear?
No underwear?
Underwear?

Decisions....decisions..... :confused: